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The Age of Reason

Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely-inspired text. Yet, The Age of Reason is not atheistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Philosophy, Political Science

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Part First, Introduction	lukkystarr	00:01:28
Play 01	Part First, Section 1	lukkystarr	00:08:20
Play 02	Part First, Section 2	lukkystarr	00:10:28
Play 03	Part First, Section 3	lukkystarr	00:09:41
Play 04	Part First, Section 4	lukkystarr	00:10:56
Play 05	Part First, Section 5	lukkystarr	00:11:27
Play 06	Part First, Section 6	lukkystarr	00:10:11
Play 07	Part First, Section 7	lukkystarr	00:11:08
Play 08	Part First, Section 8	lukkystarr	00:12:14
Play 09	Part First, Section 9	lukkystarr	00:08:44
Play 10	Part First, Section 10	lukkystarr	00:12:31
Play 11	Part First, Section 11	lukkystarr	00:13:18
Play 12	Part First, Section 12	lukkystarr	00:13:35
Play 13	Part First, Section 13	lukkystarr	00:12:47
Play 14	Part First, Section 14	lukkystarr	00:13:12
Play 15	Part First, Section 15	lukkystarr	00:13:42
Play 16	Part Second, Preface	lukkystarr	00:09:46
Play 17	Part Second, Sections 1 & 2	lukkystarr	00:12:40
Play 18	Part Second, Section 3	lukkystarr	00:13:12
Play 19	Part Second, Section 4	lukkystarr	00:13:41
Play 20	Part Second, Section 5	lukkystarr	00:14:53
Play 21	Part Second, Section 6	lukkystarr	00:22:06
Play 22	Part Second, Section 7	lukkystarr	00:12:59
Play 23	Part Second, Section 8	lukkystarr	00:00:56
Play 24	Part Second, Section 9	lukkystarr	00:14:20
Play 25	Part Second, Section 10	lukkystarr	00:15:50
Play 26	Part Second, Section 11	lukkystarr	00:16:47
Play 27	Part Second, Section 12	lukkystarr	00:13:09
Play 28	Part Second, Section 13	lukkystarr	00:14:57
Play 29	Part Second, Section 14	lukkystarr	00:15:23
Play 30	Part Second, Section 15	lukkystarr	00:16:17
Play 31	Part Second, Section 16	lukkystarr	00:15:03
Play 32	Part Second, Section 17	lukkystarr	00:14:21
Play 33	Part Second, Section 18	lukkystarr	00:15:06
Play 34	Part Second, Section 19	lukkystarr	00:08:08
Play 35	Part Second, Section 20	lukkystarr	00:15:50
Play 36	Part Second, Section 21	lukkystarr	00:17:59

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